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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Mol Biol. 2015;1220:423–442. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1568-2_26

Table 1.

Assessment of arthritis (clinical index)

Score for Each Paw Description
0 Normal
1 Swelling isolated to one aspect of joint (toes, dorsal surface, ventral surface, or ankle/wrist).
2 Swelling evident in two aspects of joint (toes, dorsal surface, ventral surface, or ankle/wrist).
3 Swelling evident in three or more aspects of joint (toes, dorsal surface, ventral surface, or ankle/wrist).

Clinical index = sum of each paw score. Maximum score = 12.